Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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-si any Once stopped in his tamed writing Greg Leigh struggles to regain his former speed. Commerce classes demand concentration With the increasing demand tor business- trainecl people, B-PC has planned its commer- cial courses to prepare students majoring in commerce for a wide variety ot commercial positions. Business-bound students are given an introduction to the commercial courses through the exploratory course, general busi- ness. The junior and senior years are devoted to the perfection ot typing skills, taking dicta- tion in shorthand, keeping a double-entry set of books, and operating certain otlice ma- chines, such as the electric typewriter, the ten and tull key adding machines, the calcu- lator, and the dictaphone.

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rufwq Jack Pershing demonstrates how the router-shaper is used in making dove-tail ioints for drawers. HERBERT CLUTTS, B.S. of Ed. Industrial Arts airs some -s ur- s ..,. :': ---.: E :,,, Qlk- . il., '- Industrial arts, new at BAPC three years ago when we moved into our new building, continues to be one ot the more popular elective courses a- mong the boys. The first year, the 5452 Q, irsr r N boys take a general course, and then perfecting their skills in various types of workmanship their second and third years, they become able craftsmen in woods and metals. Practical shop skills are gained in industrial arts Working under the intent gaze of Donnie Hart, Dale Curtman smooths out a piece of metal on the new metal-shaper. ,ar ,inf . .views i

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V-wwwviwwt , W A .?-Y L-1-iffy' a 2 .Wy M35 ff? sit i t 'ifffi 'fb awww i afiivtsim-:Qs K CA? Look out, here we come, says Mr. Hill as Judy C a m p prepares to get behind the wheel of the dri- ver training rar. Driver training reduces teen-age accidents Driver education is primarily concerned, not so much with the proper driving procedures, but more so with the development ot sportsmanlike driving attitudes. Statistics released by the American Automobile Association prove the value ot driving courses in high schools. There are titty per cent fewer traffic accidents am-ong teenagers who have had driver education, Driver training pays ott in terms ot money for high school boys, too. Many insurance companies all-ow lower premiums for male drivers under twenty- tive who have taken dri- ver training in high school than lor boys who learned on their own. For the nine year period between six- teen and twenty-tive years ot age, this averages a two - hundred - dollar sav- A ing. Education pays divi- dends! Kay Vincent surprises Mr. Lawson with a correct answer to his ques- tion about the parts of a car. 'itil' Q-O 0.0